UNIT 10

DEGREES OF COMPARISON
SUMMARY
I. THE COMPARATIVE FORM
a. To compare two people or things, we use the comparative form
of an adjective. The comparative form is usually made by adding
“-er” to the adjective.
 Adjective Comparative form
tall taller
short shorter
poor poorer
rich richer
young younger
old older
hard harder
soft softer
slow slower
The examples are:
1. Mr.Raihan is taller than Mr.Ivan
2. A train is fasterbthan a bus.
b. If an adjective has three syllables or more, then the word “more” is
used.
Adjective Comparative form
interesting More interesting
beautiful More beautiful
expensive More expensive
II. THE SUPERLATIVE FORM
a. To compare three or more people or things, we we use the
superlative form of an adjective. The superlative form is usually
made by adding “-est” to the adjective.
 Adjective Superlative Form
tall tallest
short shortest
poor poorest
rich richest
young youngest
old oldest
hard hardest
soft softest
slow slowest
fast fastest
An example of superlative form:
Rara is 15 years old. Salma is 10 years old. Naufal is 8 years old.
Rara is young. Salma is younger. Naufal is the youngest.
b. If an adjective has three syllables or more, then the word “most”
is used.
Adjective Superlative Form
attractive Most attractive
intelligent Most intelligent
difficult Most difficult
Note:
˚ If the adjective ends in “e”, add “-r” tp form the comparative and
“-est” to form the superlative.
˚ Suppose the adjective is a short word that ends in a consonant and
has a single vowel in the middle. Just double the consonant and
“-est” to make superlative.
˚ Suppose the adjective has two syllables and ends in “y”. Just change
the “y” to”I” and add “-er” to make the comparative and add “-est”
to make superlative.
˚ Some common adjectives have irregular comparative and superlative
forms that you have to learn:

Adjective Comparative Form Superlative Form

bad worse worst
good better best
little less least